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#GuestPost: Where I Write by Jessica Kapp, author of BODY PARTS

As someone who can’t write (no patience), I am always in awe of those who do. I like studying these people, trying to learn their secrets. For example, do they listen to any particular music, do they write in the morning or the evening, do they set goals for themselves or just go with the flow. After reading Jessica Kapp’s author bio, I was curious about where she wrote, and she was kind enough to share this with me, along with pictures. Read on for more about her dungeon, Sasquatch, and the many goats who like to chip in!

Where I Write

I’ve written seven books (and partially written dozens more) but I’ve never started one in the same place.

First there was the kitchen table where my practice novel was born (it was more cathartic than anything).

I wrote my next story from a windowless room in the basement of our old home (we called it my dungeon).

After spotting one too many spiders, I moved my office to the den upstairs and I wrote book number three, which is the one that landed me an agent and my first book deal –yay for BODY PARTS!

Then we downsized and moved to a small town (where I’m pretty sure there’s more livestock than people) and I wrote a book in what’s now being utilized as our pantry—move over green beans!

I wrapped up book number six in my current office far, far from the kids’ bedrooms.

And at a writing retreat on the Olympic Peninsula, I not only finished book seven, I ran into a Sasquatch!

Needless to say, I don’t stay put when writing. Although I’d like my office to be the main hub for my books, it seems like I’m always moving and going places.

Sometimes I write while my kids are at soccer or dance practice. Sometimes I write while I’m sitting at the airport. I’ve learned to write wherever and whenever I can.

If my kids are home, I can expect about three minutes of uninterrupted writing time, and that’s okay, because there are plenty of spots around the farm where I can sneak off to if I’m desperate to write…although there are always a few kids outside. Goat kids, that is. 🙂

About Body Parts by Jessica Kapp

Published by: Diversion Publishing

Publication date: August 15, 2017

Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction

People would kill for her body.

Raised in an elite foster center off the California coast, sixteen-year-old Tabitha’s been sculpted into a world-class athlete. Her trainers have told her she’ll need to be in top physical condition to be matched with a loving family, even though personal health has taken a backseat outside the training facility. While Tabitha swims laps and shaves seconds off her mile time, hoping to find a permanent home, the rest of the community takes pills produced by pharmaceutical giant PharmPerfect to erase their wrinkles, grow hair, and develop superhuman strength.

When Tabitha’s finally paired, instead of being taken to meet her new parents, she wakes up immobile on a hospital bed. Moments before she’s sliced open, a group of renegade teenagers rescues her, and she learns the real reason for her perfect health: PharmPerfect is using her foster program as a replacement factory for their pill-addicted clients’ failing organs. And her friends from the center, the only family she’s ever known, are next in line to be harvested.

Determined to save them, Tabitha joins forces with her rescuers, led by moody and mysterious Gavin Stiles. As they race to infiltrate the hospital and uncover the rest of PharmPerfect’s secrets, though, Tabitha finds herself with more questions than answers. Will trusting the enigmatic group of rebels lead her back to the slaughterhouse?

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